Fence-stay



W. D. DILLER.:

FENCE STAY.

Patented sept. s, 1895.

No. 545 45o..

.NrrE` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMS D. DILLER, BOILING-SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,460, dated-September 3, 1895 Application filed February 27, 1895. Serial No.539,869. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, WILLIAMS D. DILLER, a

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boiling Springs, in the countyof Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new f anduseful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fences of that class in which the line-wiresare provided with tension devices and are held at a fixed relativedistance apart between the posts by pickets, the latter being attachableto the line-wires after the latter are stretched and secured to thefence-posts.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a metallicpicket formed in two similar parts, which, when placed together, presentthe appearance of a stout standard or tubular picket and which can benested to economize space both in shipping and storing. It has beenproposed to construct fence-posts of similarly-constructed members andsecure them together by bands or rings encircling the parts after theyhavebeen placed together. Such fence-posts are objectionable, becausetheir meeting edge portions do not overlap, and, furthermore, becausethe parts cannot be nested, so as to economize space. Moreover, in otherforms the post is open on one side and presents sharp edges, which areunsightly and apt to resultin injury to a person or animal coming incontact therewith.

The improvement consists of the novel features which hereinafter will bemore fully described and claimed, and which are shown in theaccompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a lengthof fence embodying the essence ofthe invention.-

Fig. 2 is a plan view of apicket, showing the manner of securing itscomponent parts together and to the line-wire, on a larger scale. Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 1 is adetail perspective View of a picket, showing its componentA partsseparated. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a tension device, on a largerscale, showing the short bar and the post in section.

The fence-posts l will be suitably disposed along the prescribed line offence at proper intervals apart, and the line-wires' 2 will be attachedthereto in any well-knownA manner which will admit of a-tension beingapplied of the said picket.

thereto at one end or to any convenient point, said tension beingtransmitted throughout the length of the said line-wires, so as tosecure the desired tension thereon.

The pickets 3 for bracing and strengthening the line-wires at pointsintermediate of the posts 1 are composed of similar parts 4. and 5,which are preferably formed from strips of sheet metal having their edgeportions flanged, as shown. Galvanized iron is preferred in theconstruction of the pickets 3,the edge portions being bent in anydesired lnanner. The parts 4. and 5 are duplicates, one part, as1.having its flanged edges brought closer together, so as to it betweenthe flanged edges of the part 5, and having'notches 6 in both lianges tocorrespond in position and number, with `the several line-wires 2. `Theflanges of the part Gare slightly flared to embrace the flanged edgeportions of the part 4 and form a close joint therewith, the parts 4 and5 being so constructed as to provide a close tit between the flangededge portions when they are assembled and secured upon the line-wires.For storing and transporting the parts are nested, so as to economizespace, which is an item of considerable importance from a commercialstandpoint. The pickets are not placed in position until the line-wiresarestretched, and thepart 4,having the notches 6, is lirst placed inposition, the line-wires entering the said notches, and they part 5 isplaced opposite the part 4, so as to embrace the flanged edge portionsof the said part 4, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. A bindingwire7 hasone end coiled about the line-wire on one side ofthe picket and ispassed once and a half about the picket to secure vthe parts 4 and 5together, and its opposite end is coiled about the line-wire on theopposite side There will be one binding-wire for each line-wire, therebyfirmly and securely fastening the component parts of the picket andtheline-wires together.

The tension device consists of a shortbar 8, having a pair of openings 9at each end and a centrally-disposed threaded opening l0, a tensionscrew 11, passing through vthe threaded opening l0 and adapted to bearat its inner end against the fe'nce-posts, and an approximately V-shapedwire 12, attached at its angle to the line -wires and having its ICOdiverging members extending through openings 14 in the posts and loopedinto the open-l ings 9, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. The line-Wiresare attached to the V-shaped wire 12 by having their end portions bentaround the Wires 12 and held from opening by a slide 15, which isslipped over the said bent ends i of the line-Wires. it will loeunderstood that a tension device will be provided for each individualline-Wire and that it is of the utmost importance that the divergingmembers `of the V -shaped or connecting Wire 12 pass through openings inthe' fence-post. By this means the tension-screws 11 can be turned ineither direction Without twisting the line- Wires and Without requiringthe bars 8 to be held fast while regulating the tension of theline-Wires by turning the said tension-screws in the proper direction.With respect to the structural arrangement and disposition of thetension devices, the pickets, and the binding- Wire, changes in theform, proportion, and lthe minor details of construction may be resortedto Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention. In order to prevent the ends of theV-shaped Wire 12 from drawing through the openings 9 in the short bar 8,they are bent outward approximately parallel with the short bar 8 afterpassing through the openings 9 therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Thecombination with the line Wires of a fence, of a metallic picketcomposed of similar parts having corresponding flanged edge portions,the flanges of one part having notches to receive the line Wires andenter and be embraced by the flanges of the opposite part, the linewires being clamped between the said wires and disposed upon one side ofthe line Wires, the other part being arranged on the opposite side ofthe saidline Wires, the flanges A of one part being contracted, and theflanges of the opposite part being fiared, and binding Wires passedaround the two parts of the `picket to secure them together and havingtheir extremities coiled around the line Wires, substantially as setforth.

3. In a fence, the combination with theline Wires, of a metallic picketcomposed of similar parts formed from strips of metal having their edgeportions flanged, the flanged edges of one part having notches toreceive the line Wires and disposed upon one side ofy the line Wires,the other part being arranged on the opposite side of the said lineWires, and having its fianged edge portion embracing the flanged edgeportions of the part provided with the said notches, and binding Wirespassed around the component parts of the picket to clamp them together,and having their end portions coiled about the line Wires on oppositesides of t-he said picket, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myowmlhave hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAMS D. DILLER. Witnesses:

M. A. EMBICK, A. M. WISE.

